According to findings published in the journal BMC Psychiatry, people with social anxiety demonstrate higher levels of trait anger accompanied by a stronger tendency to suppress anger. The analysis further suggested that these anger regulation difficulties might have something to do with insecure early attachment. Social anxiety disorder (SAD) is defined by an unrelenting fear […]…
Patients seem to like remote visits, and healthcare providers now depend on them. But outages, freezing, and other glitches cost time and money, and compromise quality of care. Kaiser Health News …
Previous trials of HIV prevention drugs in young people and women have shown that women who are not in relationships with men with HIV struggle to stay on PrEP. Medscape Medical News …
Ketamine can have robust antidepressant effects, but clinicians have shied away from prescribing it in those with a history of psychosis. This study suggests it’s safe and doesn’t raise psychosis risk. Medscape Medical News …
Black individuals who receive mental health services through a church-based program report high levels of satisfaction, new research suggests. Medscape Medical News …
The findings support existing guidance not to test for presence of C difficile after treatment if the patient is asymptomatic. Medscape Medical News …
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Call for doctors in primary care, hepatology, obesity medicine, endocrinology, and diabetology to stop working in silos and develop multidisciplinary teams to tackle nonalcoholic fatty liver disease. Medscape Medical News …
New research provides evidence of a connection between anti-intellectualism and the public’s response to the COVID-19 pandemic. The findings, which appear in the journal Nature Human Behaviour, indicate that anti-intellectual sentiment is associated with non-compliance with COVID-19 health directives, such as social distancing and mask wearing. “The COVID-19 pandemic has thrust scientists and medical experts […]…
Research on anxiety and depression tends to center around individuals with clinical-level symptoms. This is understandable, as there is arguably greater urgency to find workable solutions for these populations. However, otherwise mentally healthy individuals also experience anxiety from time to time or may struggle with persistent levels of subclinical, mild anxiety. Furthermore, subclinical levels, by […]…
